Video: Sharpening the image

Now that we've softened the image a little bit to get rid of the roughness, we want to come back in and sharpen it up. If you have a version of Photoshop before CS5, you'll need to combine all your layers--Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E, Shift+Command+ Option+E--then go up to Filter > Other > High Pass, and then just bring in some of the sharpness here. You can kind of eyeball it this way. Actually, I want to go in a little lower on this one. Then click OK and you use Soft Light. And if you have Photoshop CS5--I'm going to hide this right now-- go up to Image > Duplicate. Click OK. Don't need to name it. Right-click on your layer and Flatten Image. Just discard your hidden layers. Then we'll go up to Image > Adjustments > HDR Toning, and look through your defaults to see the results.

In this course, professional photo restorer Janine Smith describes how to use Photoshop to restore, retouch, and enhance old or damaged photos. It covers evaluating scanned images for imperfections, using the Clone Stamp tool and other Photoshop tools, and addressing common problems and their fixes, starting with the basics (fading, spots, and paper texture) and continuing with more complex challenges (rips, adhesive tape, ink marks, mold, and more). Also included are methods for fixing exposure problems and colorcast as well as advanced techniques in photo restoration, such as replacing backgrounds and recreating missing facial features and body parts. The course includes a project that takes an image from damaged start to restored finish.

Sharpening the image

Now that we've softened the image a little bit to get rid of the roughness, wewant to come back in and sharpen it up.If you have a version of Photoshop before CS5, you'll need to combine all yourlayers--Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E, Shift+Command+ Option+E--then go up to Filter > Other >High Pass, and then just bring in some of the sharpness here.You can kind of eyeball itthis way. Actually, I want to go in a little lower on this one. Then click OK andyou use Soft Light. And if you have Photoshop CS5--I'm going to hide this right now--go up to Image > Duplicate. Click OK. Don't need to name it. Right-click onyour layer and Flatten Image. Just discard your hidden layers. Then we'll go upto Image > Adjustments > HDR Toning, and look through your defaults to see the results.

I'm going to stick with Photorealistic.Lets make the image a little larger, and bring it into focus, and punch up yourdetail, move your sliders around if you like.Bring some shadows and highlights into it.When you get to point when you like it, just click OK.Now we need to import it into our other image. Select your Move tool and thenjust pick it up and bring it into the tab of your original picture, hold downyour Shift key, and drop it onto the image.

Then you can go ahead and delete the copy, the duplicate you just made, SoftLight, and lower the Opacity, just the same as with the High Pass.What you are looking for is just a subtle sharpening, not a lot, just to bringthings a little bit more into focus.

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